green

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. immature; inexperienced; new, recent; pale, wan. See color, newness, youth, credulity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Of the color green]

Syn. greenish, virid, virescent.

Hues of green include: emerald, sage, vert, verdant, verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine, chartreuse, lime, kelly, glaucous, olive drab, Mittler's green, PRussian green, bronze-green, Lincoln green, yellow-green, blue-green, bottle-green, pea-green, sea-green, apple-green, grass-green, forest-green, spinach-green, moss-green, pine-green, Nile green, olive-green, jade, Oriental emerald, Oriental aquamarine, viridian, turquoise, Veronese green.

2. [Verdant]

Syn. foliate, growing, leafy, bosky, sprouting, visculent, pulluLating, grassy, grass-grown, burgeoning, flourishing, lush.

Ant. withered*, sere, yellow.

3. [Immature]

Syn. young, growing, unripe, maturing, developing, half-formed, half-baked, fresh, sappy.

Ant. mature*, ripe, gone to seed.

4. [Inexperienced]

Syn. youthful, callow, raw; see inexperienced .

5. [Pale, usually from illness, envy, or jealousy]

Syn. pallid, peaked, wan; see pale 1 .

n.

1. [A color]

Syn. greenness, verdure, virescence, emerald, chlorophyll, verdantness, greenhood, viridity.

2. [A grass plot]

Syn. lawn, field, park; see grass 3 .

• long green*, folding green*,

Syn. bills, paper money, greenbacks; see money 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. color aquamarine, emerald, grass, kelly, pea, lime, beryl, sap, apple, moss, sea green.

2. young and growing youthful, blooming, budding, developing, vigorous, robust, fresh, spreading, flourishing, burgeoning, verdant.

3. inexperienced unseasoned, untried, *wet behind the ears, naive, new, untrained, ignorant, raw.

ANT.: 2. withered, wilted, dying. 3. experienced, veteran, seasoned, mature

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A tract of cultivated land belonging to and used by a community: common. See GROUP. 2. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal: wampum. Slang: bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British: brass. See MONEY. II adjective 1. Being in an early period of growth or development: immature, infant, juvenile, young, youthful. See YOUTH. 2. Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it: inexperienced, inexpert, raw, uninitiate, uninitiated, unpracticed, unseasoned, untried, unversed. See ABILITY.